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Doctors say radical plan to merge Scotland's health boards should be scrapped (opens the original)
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Leading doctors are calling on the Scottish government to withdraw its plans to drastically reduce the number of health boards. The new chairwoman of BMA Scotland, Dr Nora Murray-Cavanagh, said the proposal to cut the number from 14 to just two would be costly and time consuming - and that there was no clear evidence it would benefit patients. First Minister John Swinney unveiled the plan a month ago, saying it would streamline management and free up resources for frontline care. Health Secretar
Faslane dry docks and research ship to be built in UK, says chancellor (opens the original)
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Orders for three floating dry docks, worth £6bn, to maintain the Royal Navy's nuclear-powered submarine fleet at Faslane will go to a UK-based shipbuilder, the chancellor has confirmed. John Healey told the Labour conference the facilities were vital to national security and would support domestic shipbuilding as part of a "new age of industrialisation". A UK-only bidding competition will decide who builds the floating docks but Navantia UK, which owns sites in Fife and Belfast, is seen as a fro
Tugs plan offers short-term lifeline for Ferguson Marine shipyard (opens the original)
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The Ferguson Marine shipyard is to build a number of tugs while it awaits promised orders from the Scottish government. Ministers agreed to provide financial backing for construction of the small vessels. The state-owned yard will then try to find a buyer. BBC Scotland understands that the Port Glasgow firm will work with another established shipbuilder, possibly the Dutch firm Damen, on a pre-packaged design, allowing the work to start relatively quickly. The announcement was criticised by oppo
PM Andy Burnham says second Scottish independence referendum remains 'off limits' (opens the original)
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Andy Burnham has told John Swinney that a second Scottish independence referendum remains "off limits" after speculation that he had softened his stance on the issue. On Wednesday, the prime minister told MPs that both in Scotland and Northern Ireland a border poll would be considered if there was a clear consensus and public opinion had changed. That prompted Scotland's first minister to write to him, asking for a meeting to discuss how such a mechanism could be enshrined in law. But in his rep
Valve failure on CalMac ferry saw uncontrolled escape of flammable gas (opens the original)
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A faulty valve on a CalMac ferry led to a sudden and uncontrolled release of highly flammable methane gas last summer, BBC Scotland News has learned. The operator's investigation found that 700kg of the gas - enough to fill a four-bedroomed house - was vented from the side of MV Glen Sannox over the space of 12 minutes while it was carrying 82 passengers from Arran to the mainland. So much methane was released that some of it was sucked into a ventilation intake, setting off gas alarms in the sh
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